HC Deb 08 April 1986 vol 95 c9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were serving sentences of over 10 years on 30 June 1984.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to his reply, 27 March 1986, c. 544]: It is estimated that about 2,300 persons in prison department establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1984 were serving sentences of over 10 years.